Takayama Ai

"Team A's Captain, I am Takahashi Minami the 7th."

- Takamina's Stage Introduction Catchphrase

Ai Takayama is a member of Team A, of which she also is the Captain. She is currently a successor, holding the name of Takahashi Minami the 7th (７ みなみ). She does also have a solo career.

Currently, the nickname she is most commonly associated with is Takamina (たかみな), however, prior to succession, she was also referred to as TakAi (TakAi) or Aicchi.

Appearance
Minami is rather pale, especially considering she’s from Atamistar. She is also rather short. She has round, green eyes, and her hair is pale blue. Much like all 00 members, she has heart lining in her eyes and hair. She commonly wears her hair in a ponytail.

Before she succeeded, she had shoulder length hair that she wore let down. She also had two longer strands of hair that hung down in front of her shoulders.

Personality
Minami wouldn’t count herself as anything special; she doesn’t view herself to be over everyone else. However, despite this, she isn't insecure, she knows her value, and knows that if she really wants something, and if she's willing to work hard enough for it, then she know that she can achieve it. She is determined.

While she isn’t as frequent with it as some other members, Takamina does always – when not in uniform – keep her phone with her for the sake of being able to practise choreography or lyrics on the spot whenever she has some free time.

Although she doesn't always say it, she has strong beliefs regarding, and does not back down whenever those are questioned, showing a bit of her stubborn side.

As Team A's Captain, Takamina has gotten quite a bit of practice in leadership, something she was lacking a bit beforehand. She is also known to help people out in secret, sometimes lending a discreet hand to WMiya's victims to help them.

History
Minami has lived with her parents and younger sister on Atamistar for her entire life up until the point when she moved to Akibastar as a member of AKB0048. She constantly played dressup with her sister, Ameko, pretending to be idols, however, seeing as it was usually more to entertain Ameko than herself, actually becoming an idol never really occured to her.

Being born on Atamistar, the beach holds a special place in Minami's heart. Minami got to meet several of AKB0048's members before she herself became a member, due to the gravure shots being held at Atamistar from time to time. However, despite this, she didn’t feel like joining AKB0048 for the largest part of her child hood. Minami has known about AKB0048 all her life, but for the majority of it, she was content with being a fan to support the group. This, however, changed when she saw her first concert live, when she was 12. When she spoke with her family about it, they were very supportive and encouraged her to try to join, even if they were also a little bit concerned, seeing how the idol group hadn’t been very successful for the past couple years. She used the time that was left until the auditions opened to practise her singing and dancing, and although she wasn’t perfect by any means, she was accepted.

Since she first became an idol, she has matured a lot as a person, and has developed skills she would have never achieved without 00. She is profficcient using an LAS, but her real forte has become Micsabers. Due to safety reasons, 00 has forbidden users to wield more than one micsaber at a time unless their swordsmanship has developed far enough to be able to use both hands independently. Minami has passed the test for this.

Succession
Takamina, as every successor prior to succession, had the fever of succession a few days before her actual succession concert, it wasn't anything major; she mainly felt a bit sluggish and had a slight fever.

She was one of the members whose succession was the most wanted by some members, there even being a campaign created by some of them under the tag “#AiForTakamina” (which Sasshi even added onto the large screen on the succession concert itself). Her succession concert was named “Ai wo Shinjiteru” as a nod to her own name, her part in Sore wa Yorokobi Desu, as well as the pun in general.

Team History
150th Generation → Team 00 & 150th Generation → Team A & 150th Generation → Team A
 * Joined the 150th Generation of Trainees (SC0122.11.18)
 * Promoted to Team 00 (Formation) (SC0123.06.17)
 * Transferred to Team A   (Formation)  (SC0123.10.31)
 * Succeeded and subsequently left the 150th Generation of Kenkyuusei (SC0124.02.03)

Etymology
Takayama in Kanji is written.

(“Taka”) translates to “High” and (“Yama”) translates to “Mountain”.

Ai in Kanji is written.

(“Ai”) translates to “Love”.

During her time as an idol, Minami has recieved several nicknames, with the most promintent ones from her understudy time being TakAi (TakAi) or Aicchi, TakAi being a combination of "Takayama" and "Ai" and Aicchi being a variation on her name.

Upon succession, she inherited another nickname along with her new name, Takamina (たかみな).

At times, some members refer to her as Captain, a nickname she can't fault them for, but isn't entirely comfortable with.

Quotes
Hint: Hover over the quotes.
 * "Team A’s Captain, I am Takahashi Minami the 7th." - Takamina’s onstage catchphrase
 * "Doing my best even if I fail, I will always look towards the future with a smile, I'm Takayama Ai, understudy of AKB0048's 150th generation!" - Ai's onstage catchphrase
 * "I'm no witch, if that's what you're implying." - Takamina, as Ai, replying to a comment Miyagi made.

Screenshots
For other pictures, see Takamina’s Category

Achievements
Senbatsu Sousenkyo SC0123
 * -|Senbatsu Sousenkyo=

Early Result: 2nd (791'748 votes)

Placement: 2nd (Senbatsu) (1'200'849 votes)

Senbatsu Sousenkyo SC0124

Early Result: 1st (1'173'412 votes)

Placement: 2nd (Senbatsu) (2'095'875 votes)

Senbatsu Sousenkyo SC0125

Early Result: 5th (1'049'992 votes)

Placement: TBA (TBA) (TBA votes) Janken Taikai SC0123
 * -|Jyanken Taikai=

Placement - 1st (Center)

Janken Taikai SC0125

Placement - 10th - Lost to Asami Mirai (Senbatsu)


 * -|Lucky Ranking=
 * SC0125 - #43

Career

 * -|Acting=
 * Majisuka Gakuen 00 - Love
 * Protocol Magi :ORIGIN - Nakajima Shiori / Aubade

Songs
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 * -|B-Sides=
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 * To Say (Kono atarashii hi ni) (Echo)
 * Sakura no Hanabiratachi (Kono atarashii hi ni) (Center)
 * Ai-sen (Bonfire Love Story) (Duet)
 * Pioneer (Bonfire Love Story) (WCenter)
 * Naze? (Kibou no Chronicle)
 * Manatsu no Sounds Good! (Kibou no Chronicle) (Center)
 * Anata no Sakuhin (Kibou no Chronicle) (Center)
 * Datenshi (Kibou no Chronicle) (WCenter)
 * Shiritai (Kibou no Chronicle) (WCenter)
 * Musou-ka (Kibou no Chronicle)
 * Ikiru Chance (KISEKI)
 * Ame ga Shuryo (KISEKI)
 * TBA (KISEKI)
 * Fresh Fruit Basket (KISEKI)
 * Tameiki (Kyuuseishu) (WCenter)
 * Flare (Kyuuseishu)
 * Lyrical Namida (Kyuuseishu)
 * Kashou hyouka (Kyuuseishu)
 * Yuuhi wo miteiru ka? (Kyuuseishu) (WCenter)
 * Close your eyes (Himitsu no Challenge) (Center)
 * Roze (Himitsu no Challenge) (WCenter)
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 * Crush (Himitsu no Challenge) (Center)
 * Heart Revolution (Reality)
 * Romance, Irane (Reality)
 * Kiite Imasen (Reality) (TriCenter)
 * Kashita (Reality)
 * Ocean Song (Infinity no Moyou)
 * Spoiler (Infinity no Moyou) (WCenter)
 * Silence (Infinity no Moyou)
 * Bracelet (Infinity no Moyou)
 * Mainichi no Koto (Infinity no Moyou)
 * Ghost house (Infinity no Moyou)
 * Tsugi no Crown (Infinity no Moyou)
 * Seimei no Konseki (Castle of Glass)
 * Mokugekisha (Castle of Glass) (WCenter)
 * Mirai ga Me ni Shimiru (Castle of Glass)
 * Requiem (Castle of Glass)
 * Kimi ga Aishiteru nara... (Castle of Glass)
 * Mangekyou no Unmei no Sanjuunichi (Castle of Glass)
 * Ashita he no Hansou (Rose no Hibi)
 * Au Revoir (Rose no Hibi)
 * Ashita he no Hansou (Rose no Hibi)
 * Seishun no Kaze (Rose no Hibi)
 * Yume no Ressha (Rose no Hibi)
 * Orchestra (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
 * Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
 * Cinderella wa doko ni itta? (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
 * Nichiyobi no Cooking Show (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru) (Center)
 * Siren (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
 * fashion police (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
 * Hitori Omou (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
 * Sora wa kasute aokatta (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
 * In Rain (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
 * Love You! 0 (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
 * Yume no Sketchbook (Setsuzoku no Chain wa sudeni Koko ni Aru)
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 * Yanagi no Negai
 * -|B-sides=
 * Ashita e no Akogare (Yanagi no Negai)
 * Ame no Emoji (Yanagi no Negai)
 * Kirakira BLACKOUT (Yanagi no Negai)
 * Nusuma reta no Hokori (Yanagi no Negai)
 * Monohoshisouna Guuzen (Yanagi no Negai)

Nichiyobi no Cooking Show (Center)

A1 (Eien ni Umarekawaru)

Nichiyobi no Cooking Show (Center) {{!}}-{{!}} Other Songs= }}
 * SUB ZERO (Kono atarashii hi ni) (Character Song)
 * Ji to Sora no aida (Futari no Ashiato)

Trivia

 * Favourite Song in the New Era: Roze
 * Audition Song: Yuuhi wo miteiru ka?
 * Favourite Colour: Purple
 * Penlight Colour: White
 * Her charm point is her eyes.
 * She has her own Kirara, a blue sphere with detached wings.
 * She plays the piano, and has since she was 6 years old.
 * Her taste buds, according to Masuda Akari, are too screwed up to be natural.
 * She also cannot cook to save her life, despite believing she can.
 * She is rather good with an LAS, but isn’t by far the best in AKB0048.
 * She has shown a proficciency with Micsabers, being one of the few members who are capable of dualwielding.
 * Despite being from Atamistar, she is rather pale.
 * She is a very good swimmer, and has a rather abundant closet of bikinis.
 * This is very likely due to being from Atamistar.
 * She is closely affiliated with the phrase "Ai wo Shinjiteru" as a pun to her own name and status as a Captain.
 * In the Running Blind PV, her character's name is "AiWoShinjinai", as a reference to this.
 * She was one of two Team A members to appear in Running Blind's MV.
 * In the Majisuka Gakuen 00 adaption, Minami plays the character "Love", whose name is a pun to her own
 * Minami shares her original given name with the fake AKB member Kimura Ai who was created in an experiment to see if the members knew who were a part of AKB and who weren't, in AKBingo!
 * This statement is also true for Kimura Mei, except for her it's the surname.
 * For the release of Kibou no Chronicle, she got hair extentions, which is the reason she has much longer hair in several of the pictures taken of her in that Senbatsu Uniform.
 * Coincidentally, she had her hair in a ponytail for Kibou no Chronicle, a hairstyle that came to be her common one after succession.
 * She was one of the five members "captured" by "DES" in the 152nd generation's second round of auditions.